a Government Accountability Office report (with loss rate statistics) notes that no clearcut conclusions can be drawn about any aircraft's survivability once the statistics are adjusted for the number of sorties, altitude, and daytime/nighttime flying. Any aircraft that flew the same number of sorties as the F-117 Nighthawk at medium altitude during nighttime likely would have suffered zero losses. The Fighter Mafia have been criticized for their lack of combat experience and aeronautical expertise. Only Boyd has air combat experience (in the Korean War). Boyd did not fight in the Vietnam War and did not achieve any kills during his brief combat experience as a fighter pilot. Riccioni had seen no combat before he was assigned to the Pentagon. Associate member Pierre Sprey has been characterized as "a dilettante with an engineering degree but no military experience". References Bibliography External links Weaponization of Nostalgia: The F-15 & F-16 (Legacy of the Fighter Mafia) "Military Aviation History", YouTube 1969 establishments in the United States Organizations established in 1969 Aerial warfare strategy 20th-century history of the United States Air Force